Metallic furniture.



A. T. WEISS.

METALLIC FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-26,1914.

Patented. May 23, 1916.

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METALLIC FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED mus. 1914.

Patented May 23, 1916.

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ALBERT T. WEISS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YAVVMAN & ER-BE MFG. 00., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEIV YORK.

METALLIC FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. WEISS, of

Rochester, in the county of Monroe and and more particularly to sheet metal furniture of the type designed for ofiices and libraries as filing cabinets, book cases and the like, and it has for its object to provide a simply constructed, strong and durable shell or casing for such articles which will be light and easily assembled or taken apart.

A further object of the invention is to provide a casing of this character that will be specially adapted as a sectional unit for the so-called elastic or sectional furniture and fitted to interlock with an adjoining section of similar formation in a practical manner and with economy of parts.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end or side of a sheet metal casing constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my inventionyFig. 2 is a perspective view taken from the inside of the facing plate for the side wall; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a transverse fragmentary section taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 7

3; Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. '3 through one wall of the casing and showing the corresponding portion on the other side in elevation; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2, assembled, and Fig.7 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3. p Similar reference numerals throu bout the several figures indicate the same parts.

In the present embodiment of the invention, I have shown my improvements applied to what is termed a horizontal section (so named mainly because it is wider than it is high) of the type used as single book or drawer units and described gener ally in my companion application filed January 26, 1914, Serial No. 814,408. That application covers the construction and mode of attachment of what constitutes the back wall while this application is directed toward the subject matter of the side or end walls and connected parts and the description will be confined thereto.

' In this view, and. referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the top wall, 2 the bottom wall and 3 the back wall of the casing. The end or side walls are each constituted by a plate 4 provided with outstanding marginal flanges 5 of preferably uniform depth. Slots or perforations 6 near the top and bottom flanges receive tongues 7 forming extensions of the top and bottom walls 1 and 2 respectively which tongues project exteriorly of the wall and are there perforated to receive securing devices in the present form of wedges '8 which draw the said horizontal walls against the end wall and constitute a rigid connection that is easily assembled or taken down. It will be noted that these securing means do not project beyond the marginal flanges 5.

The back wall 3 is attached in the manner described in my said companion application by a hooked interlocking connection at the bottom and by tongues 9 inserted through upstanding flanges 10 on the top wall and twisted to prevent withdrawal. A lining plate 11 for the back wall spaced therefrom has its lateral edges extended to the adjacent side flanges 5 of the side wall at which point flanges 12 on the back wall meet themand are there secured by the facing plate for the side wall about to be described. This facing plate, indicated at 13, has outstanding marginal flanges 14 and 15 corresponding to the flanges 5 and adapted to telescopically engage over them. The upper and lower flanges 14 are provided with apertures 16 adapted to register with similar apertures 17 in the flanges 5. EX- tending through the said apertures are securing devices that look the facing plate to the wall plate and which are preferably in the form of continuous rods 18 lying between the plates and having their ends projecting beyond the respective pairs of flanges at which points they are apertured to receive wedges 19 similar to the wedges 8 and these wedges draw the parts firmlytogether.

The rods or securing devices 18 are made to perform another function related to the use of the casing as a sectional unit and that is to act as a centering or stop device for positioning the section in proper relation to an adjoining section upon which it is superposed or which is superposed upon it. To

'20 so that when the latter rests upon the upper flange 1 1 of a lower section formed exactly like the upper flange of its own, said edge will engage and be positioned by the upwardly projecting ends of the rods 18 of that section, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5. Further, to prevent the rods of one section from interfering with those on the other while making the individual construction of the section thus superposed identical in every detail, I arrange them at an angle, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. I also prefer to arrange the pair of them at opposite angles or on converging lines so that they will counteract and brace each other asto lateral strains, as will be understood without further comment.

The front and rear lateral flanges 15 of I the facing plate 13 I prefer to turn inwardly at 22, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, to abut the side flanges of the back 3 and at the same time hold the flanges 12 thereof against the side flanges 5 of the end wall 4.

It will be understood that reference to back wall, side wall, end wall, etc., are largely in relative terms for convenience in the identification of parts as it is clear that the spirit of the invention has to do with adjoining or opposite walls regardless of which particular side of the case is disposed horizontally except, perhaps, as to some features having to do with the sectional character of the furniture.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with a wall plate having oppositely arranged outstanding marginal flanges thereon provided with apertures and a facing plate having similar apertured flanges engaged telescopically wlth those on the wall plate, of a tie rod extendin through the apertures and lying between the plates.

2. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with a wall plate having oppositely arranged outstanding marginal flanges thereon provided with apertures and a facpositely arranged outstanding marginal flanges thereon provided with apertures and a facing plate having similar apertured flanges engaged telescopically with those on the wall plate in combination with securing devices extending through the apertures to hold the flanges interlocked and projecting beyond the outer flange at one end to act as centering means between the section and an adjoining section with reference to which it has a superposed relationship.

4:. In sectional furniture, a metalliccasing comprising a wall platefhaving oppositely arranged outstanding marginal flanges thereon provided with apertures and a facing plate having similar apertured flanges engaged telescopically with those on the wall plate in combination with a tie rod extending through the apertures to hold the flanges interlocked and having its ends projecting beyond the outer flanges to act as centering means between the casing and an adjoining section with reference to which it has a superposed relationship, said rod being angularly disposed so that one end will escape contact with an end corresponding in location to the other on the adjoining section.

5. In sectional furniture, a metallic casing comprising a wall plate having oppositely arranged outstanding marginal flanges thereon provided with two sets of apertures and a facing plate having similar apertured flanges engaged telescopically with those on the wall plate in combination with a pair of tie rods extending through the respective sets of apertures to hold the flanges interlocked and having their ends projecting beyond the outer flanges to act as centering means between the casing and an adjoining section with reference to which it has a superposed relationship, said rods being angularly disposed to incline in opposite directions so that, in each case, one end of a rod will escape contact with an end corresponding in location to the otherend of that rod on the adjoining section and the pair of rods will tend to brace against each other.

6. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with a wall plate having oppositely arranged top and bottom marginal flanges thereon provided with apertures, and a facing plate having similar apertured flanges engaged telescopically with those on the Wall plate, the bottom flange of said facthe bottom supporting edge of the facing ing plate being removedffrom the extreme plate for the purposes set forth.

edge so as to be spaced rom a supporting surface on which said edge rests, of a tie ALBERT WEISS rod extending through the apertures from top to bottom with its ends projecting beyond the flanges but terminating short of Witnesses:

RUssELL B. GRIFFITH, H. E. STONEBRAKER.

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